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Advocacy

IN-SCHOOL ADVOCACY 

 

Our media website advocates our mission, goals, and objectives.  It keeps students, teachers, parents, and community members informed of our program 365 days, 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week.  I post updates, activities, and success on social media through the school and personal Twitter account.  

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Our WBLE NEWS Show promotes daily all the wonderful things happening in the school and in our media center. 

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Our library is opened daily before school for students to come in and check-out books, work on projects, and/or take Accelerated Reader quizzes. 

 

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Media Center Policy 

Students are free to check out books that interest them, develop their reading skills, spark their curiosity, and support all subject areas and diversity.

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  • Kindergarten students are allowed to check out 1 book at a time. 

  • Grades 1-2 students are allowed to check out up to 2 books at a time.

  • Grades 3-5 students are allowed to check out up to 3 books at a time.

  • Students are to be respectful of the books and handle them with great care.  Students are responsible for returning all their library books on time.  

 

Student Obligation

 

Students are responsible for returning all their library books. If the library book(s) are lost or damaged students will be responsible for pay for the replacement of the book(s). All fines can be paid online through Schoolcash. Thank you very much for all your support and cooperation.

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FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

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The media program organizes various Family Events and Community Outreach Programs throughout the school year. Family Events this year have consisted of Scholastic Book and Barnes and Noble Family Night to Celebrate Literacy. The community is well informed about our media program through weekly "Principal's Community Updates", social media (Twitter & Instagram), media website-blog, school website and story times on Youtube (created by Media Specialist- YouTube Channel is features in the Home Page) . 

 

 

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Twitter @blancomilly                                               

 

https://www.youtube.com/@MillyBlanco     

 

Twitter School Account @BLE_Gator 

 

Instagram blue_gators_principal

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Link to the Principal's Community Updates

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Member of the following Professional Organization:

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FAME- Florida Association of Media Education

FETC- Future of Education Technology Conference

EMA- Educational Media Association of Palm Beach County

Title IV Train the Trainer 

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In addition to belonging to these professional organization, I have attended numerous professional developments provided by Title IV Train the Trainer, Virtual National Book Festival, virtual professional development with Book Creator, Book Creator, Adobe Express, Pear Deck, Lumio, and tutorials for movie making in Filmmora. Personal PD Report 

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Contributing to Professional Growth

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My goal is to continue to advocate for our media program by attending School Advisory Meetings, provide more trainings for parents through Parent University, continue with personal professional growth, as well as create more staff developments.  In addition, work with the PTA to organize more events for next school year. Most importantly, demonstrate our success of our program at the district, state, and national levels. One of the best attributes of a great leader is leading by example. Throughout my career, I have found it to be the most effective way. As media specialists, we impact the whole school, students and teachers. Teachers see what we are doing and implement the digital tools in their instruction and projects. 

 

Opening up a brand new school and media program is a monumental task. I am extremely happy with all that we have achieved this school year. I am very proud of creating, building, and always improving for our students' overall growth academically and socially. The media program is the foundation for developing positive experiences with books and technology, creating digital citizens, character education building, and becoming life-long-learners in an age of technology and information.   Within this foundation, the library feeds the mind, builds good characters, and nurtures the soul.  We are the heart and fuel of creating and inspiring life-long learners.  

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